Ornamental card or sheet.



M. W. MERRILL.

URNAMEN'IAL 01mm on SHEET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 18, 1913 1,121,858 Patented Dec.22, 1914.

2 SHEE'HISHEETI affoznu APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1913.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

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amomdoz WM me we 0 I. I l W. MERRILL, 0F NEWYORK, N. Y.

ORNAMENTAL C 0R" SHEET.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Deg, 22 191% Application filed August 1a, 1915: serial no. 785,358.

To all-whom it may concern-a Be it known that I, MARIE W. MERRILL, a citizen of the Unitedstates, and a resident of the borough-of Brooklyn, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Cards or- Sheets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

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object being-to provide a device of the kind stated which W111 be of most striking appearance, preferably of highly artistic character, and which at the same time may be inexpensively. produced, thereby affording a most pleasing and inexpensive device for gift or other purposes. This purpose,'jand others 'WhlCh will appear from the following descri tion of the invention,.are well subserve by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings to exem lifythe invention, but to the details of w ich the invention: is not restricted, as manychanges may be made in the exemplified embodiment without departing from the spiritof the invention, orthe scope of the subj oined claims. In said drawings: Figurel is a front view of a: container constructed in] accordance withthe present invention with a cornerjof the front la er turned back to show a suitable way 0 securing the same to the adjacent layer; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the frontlayerthereof; Fig. 3 is a rear view of the.

container; Fig. 4 is a section on theline 44 of F' 3; Fig. 5 is, ;a section through the front" ayer, on the line"5-5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 1

6 is afront view of a-modifiedform; Fig. 7 perspective view of said modified form with the front layer removed.

Similar characters of reference denote cor through the layers B and C, the pocket beresponding partsin the several views. J Referring now to the form of the invention exemplified by 'Figs. 1-5 inclusive, of the drawings, it will be noted that the device compnses three layers, marked A, B and C respectively, and that the art comprising the layers 13 and C is o substantially the form of 'an, envelop, the layer B having revertedtransverse and longitudinal portions which form the layer C, said revertedtransverse portionsforming end flaps 10 and ll-whose ends overlap each other andsaidreverted longitudinal portions forming upper and lower flaps 13' and 14. whose ends overlap the flaps 10 and 11 and whose longitudinal free edges overlap each other, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. A pocket between the layers B and O is thus formed, and this pocket is shown as containing a pad D holding sachet that access to the pocket between them may be hadwithout mutilating'or destroying the device. Such access to the pocket may be provided for invariousways of more or less obvious'kind, one simple and obvious way being the, use of an envelop having an end flap which can be opened. It'will, ac-

cordingly, be understood that the present invention is not'li'mited to a device having a container portion of 'a kind which cannot be readily opened, or opened without destroying ormutilating the same, or indeed to any particular construction of container. It should be understood in this connection that the container portion of. the device is rovided withmeans, hereinafter described in detail,-'which for-ma part-of the means for giving the device a pleasing ap earance and that this means extends throng both 0 the layers and is so arranged that it cannot conveniently bedetached and replaced.

Hence, when access to the interior of l'the pocket without mutilating or destroyin any part of the 'container, is to be. afi'orde it is: referred that provision for this'b'e made y so correlatin'g the partsthat anend of the container can be conveniently opened and closed without disturbin the meansi hereinbefor'e' referred to, w ich' exten mg in this, as in the exemplified form of the invention; provided between the said means r or lower edge -'of the =con-' two are showma though only one is utilized,

in the exemplified form of the invention,

these -pocketsbeing divided from each other the container or disturbing the said. -means', may be made.

The front layer A has impressedthereon,

either plain, or in intaglio or relievo, but preferably plain, a picture E or other ornament, the material of the layer being interrupted at suitable intervals within the picture, and a material or materials of a kind appropriate to the picture and having ends which are confined at the. rear of the layer A, extends through the spaced apertures and completes the representation. This representation is preferably of an ornamental nature, but may be of any suitable character, its striking and pleasing character being of course accentuated by being composed in part of an impression and in part of an exposed material appropriate tothe design and which material is suitably secured at the back of the layer A and covered by the next adjacent layer of the device.

The way in which the impression and inaterial are combined and correlated to form the representation, picture, or design, forms one of the severally new and important features of the present invention, and this is well exemplified in the accompanying drawings wherein the front layer is shown as containing an ornamental representation or a girls head, neck and chest, together with the upper part of a gown having a low-nut neck. he hair is provided with a bandeau, this bandeau being in part printed and in part formed of a ribbon or ribbons, the latter being selected because it is the material oi which bandeaux are ordinarily formed in practice and forming, as will be hereinafter more clearly seen, puffed and bowed parts of the bandeaux. The bandeau is represented ashaving smooth portions 15 alternating with pufis l6 and terminating in loops l8 and 19, forming a how, the said bow having a loose end 22. T he smooth portions 15 oi the representation are the print ed parts, thereoi', the pufils 16 are, as stated, formed of ribbon and these extend through suitably spaced openings 1'? which are formed in the layer A. and interrupt or lie within the printed representation of the bandeau, transversely of the latter. The bow, also made oi ribbon, is a false bow in that it is not actually tied but is formed of properly spaced loops l8 and i9, respectively, extending through apertures 21 and 20 formed in the layer A, while the loose end 22, also extends through an aperture 2?.

Two pieces of ribbon are preferably employed in the ribbon part of the bandeau, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. In the latter figure one of said pieces is merited A and f insists the other A. Asjwill be seen upon reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the piece A extends diagonally across a part of the rear face of *thelayer A and one of its ends, a, is pasted or otherwise suitably secured to said layer.

. 23 to form the loose bow-end 22. The size of the apertures through which the exposed portions of the puii's of ribbon extend are preferably such, with relation to the pufied and looped portions of said ribbon, as to render itunnecessary to rely upon any other fastening means at these places and the loops and putts overlie the apertures at the front and conceal the same, thus simplifying the structure and adding to the pleasing ap pearance atlorded by the representation.

In the herein exemplified form of the invention, the neck portion of the dress is pictorially represented, as shown at25, but the layer A along the edge of said representation is interrupted by apertures 26 and all, through which a piece of ribbon A is run in and out in a manner such as to have two separated exposed parts 28 arranged to give the eii'ect oi an. edging to the neck of the dress. This is provided for, as most clearly shown in 2, by forming the ribbon with longitudinally extending spaced pud's at the places marked a in said figure,

The picture is completed by a'third riba hen, marked A in 2, looped between its ends to form a put? 30 which extends through an aperture 29 and covers the same at the front. One or both ends of the ribbon AF extends through an aperture or apertures to the front or the card. There is thus provided at this place a bowdecorating the representation of the dress. In the exemplt tication, one end (31) onl is shown'as exposed at the front, the other end, 32, being l disposed at the back of the layer. The exposed portions of the ribbons A and A conceal the openings through which they extend and said openings are preferably of such size that, together with the drawing in of the ribbons ad acent to the puffsor loops, as to make it unnecessary to resort to additional means of securing the ribbons to the layer Atbut obviously such additional means may be employed without departing from layers are suitably secured together along menace i Fig. 1, by

pasting or otherwise. The bac layer C, formed in the present exemplification o'f the inv ention by the flaps 10, 11 12 and 13, has its exposed surfaces provided with ribbon arranged to give the effect of a double bow with ex osed' ends. Two pieces of ribbon are pre rably employed in making this-double bow, and said pieces of ribbon extend through the layers, serving thereby to tie, the layers together and to divide the pockets from each other, as well as to decorate the rear surface of. the device. The layers B and C are formed with registering singularly-disposed openings 40, 41, 42 and 43, seen best in Fig. 3. lhe bow 45 and the exposed end46 are preferably formed of one piece of ribbon. This piece of ribbon has one end, 47, arranged between the layers A and B, and extends thence through the apertures 40 to the exposed surface of the layer C, where it is looped to make the bow 45, and thence again. through the apertures 40 to the forward face of the layer B and thence again rearward, through the apertures 41 to the exposed face of the layer 0 upon which latter it is prolonged to form the loose end 46. Phe how 48 and the exposed end 49- are preferably formed from a separate piece of ribbon, which extends in like manner through the apertures 42 and 43 in the two layers B and C.

It will be noted that the ribbon from which the bows 45 and 48 are formed extends through the several fiaps 10, 11,12

and 13, forming the rear layer C. This to-' gether with the fact that the bow is not a tied one, makes, it difiicult to open the containe'r part of the device without mutllatmg the latter: but, as already stated, ifv it is. desired to produce a device having a pocket with provision for convenient access to the I interior of said pocket, one or more of the flaps may be arranged to be readily opened and the ribbon, ofcourse, will not extend through such flap or flaps: or, if preferred,

the bow may be a tied one, but I prefer the construction 'set forth. Again, it is obvious that the rear layer C need not be com posed of a plurality of flaps as it may, if desired, be'made of a single thickness of material, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In Figs. 6 and 7 there is illustrated a form Another point of difference is in the fact that the ribbon which forms the edging for the neck of the dress is integral with the marked A, is pasted or otherwise suitably secured.

ribbons which extend-transversely through the container portion-of thedevica- It will be apparent that .either or both, of these changed featuresmay be employed. That is to say, the change with-respect to the rib bon may be used whether or not the layer B be apparent that the front of the container is formed by the layer marked A? which .be changed, andv that the change with re-' h neednot essentially be different from. the 7 layer A, hereinbefore. described.

Referring. articularly to Fig. 7 will benoted that t e layer, C has four angularly disposed openings, marked 40", 41, 42" and; 43; respect1vely. ,A single ribbon is illustrated,-'-and this ribbon has both of its ends, 1

marked 46' and 49 respectively, exposed to form loose ends of the how, the intermediate .part of the ribbon being arranged to formthe bows 45 and 48 on the exposed surface of the layer C and the puffs 28' on the exposed surface of the layer A. Starting with, the-end 46, for example, the ribbon extends forward through the opening 41, thence within the spacebetween the layers A" and C" to-the opening 42", through the latter to the exposed side of'the layer G and thence aroun and back to said opening 42 to form the bow 48', thence forward through the opening 42' and around the two separated puffs' 28 corres ondin to the pufls 28, thence again bac andt rough the o enin 40 to the exposed side of the layer an around to form the bow 45', 'thenceagain through the o ning-40 and across to the openin 43, t ence v-tlirough the latter to form't e loose end 49. 4

The purpose, construction and advantages of the present invention will be readily comprehehded from'the foregoing description "and it will have been noted that. the invention may be variously embodied without departing fromdts spirit or the scope of the subjoined claims, d fferent embodiments having been illustrated and expressly suggested, w i arly referred toherein will readily sug est' themselves to le others not particu persons who understand t e invention.

While it is preferred that the invention be embodied in a device 'havin a pocket adapted to constitute a receptac e for some article or articles, yet this is not wholly essential to the. invention considered in its broadest aspects and advantage of certain parts ofthe invention may be received from a structure which does not include a. pocket or receptacle as apartof the device.

Having now described the invention what I claim is:

1. A device of. the kind set forth havin upon a surface thereof a representation 0 an object which in part is impressed and which in part is formed of fabric a propriate to the representation and provi ed with spaced openings variously disposed Within the said representation, the fabricor sheet material necessary to complete the representation being Worked through the said,

openings into shirrings and loops and frictionally held in place therein in raised position to represent loops or shirrings thereby producing with the material itself the ribbon or trimming efiect expressed in the picture or representation.

2. A device of the kind set forth, comprising a plurality of layers, the exposed surface of oneof said layers having thereon a representation which in part is formed in fabric appropriate to the representation, the said layer having openings within or adjacent to the pictorial art of the representation and through whic the fabric extends from the menses rear surface thereof to give a natural etlect tothe complete pictorial representation of raised shirrings and bows, the parts of the fabric on the rear surface of the layer being concealed and protected by the adjacent layer of the device, the rear layer of the device having a plurality of openings and a fabric extending through said openings from the exposed'side of said layer and formed between its ends with loops, the said ends and loops of the fabric being exposed and relatively arranged to give the effect of a tied bow.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings and State of New York, this 21st day oi July, 1913. v

MARIE W. MERRILL. In presence of- E. P. MERRILL, WILLIAM WHITTAKER. 

